Notes+from+Meeting+on+February+6th+2009

Topics for Discussion- ISACS Counselor Meeting

Topics:

Services for Boys, Gender based

Referral List

Spectrum Kids

Divorce

Sexing- Cyber Safety Issues

What Services are Working for People

Engaging Middle and HS Students in services Health, Mind/Body Services

Book Club Recommendations

Resources for Families with limited financial aide Erickson ( 0-8 ) Jewish Family Service Family Institute Cathedral Counseling UIC - ? sliding scale? Creative Therapy Through the Arts Rebecca Schatz OT Amy Zier OT CircEsteem

Psychiatrist Gary Mart, city Josh Kahn, Skokie Barry Childress, psychoanalyst Paul Holinger, David Hersh (expensive and doesn’t take insurance) Sonja Owely Suchetta Connolley, UIC Head of Pediatric Anxiety Disorder Karen Pierce Marianne Solomon Miriam Gutman Larry Fink

OCD Karen Cassidy

Couples Counselor

Outlier Kids- how to help these kids

Girls on the Run

Record Keeping

IEP Process How to track/create institutional memory Discussion of different systems with information Blurbs- ½ page about that student and recommendations

Cultural Development and Bullying Programs across schools and within our schools

Resources for Assisting in Positive Community Develop Choosing Civility by Forni Examples and tips about how to make things positive Campaign for Community Kindness Four traits to bring to the school Ethical Literacy- Five Middle Schools (what are your five values) Respect, Responsibility, Diversity, Compassion, Integrity, Tolerance, Optimism, Compassion, Cooperation, Gratitude Values Project through the Bahai Temple Habits of Mind – persistence, Striving for accuracy, excellence, metacognition, managing impulsivity. (Stanley Clark School- interested in advisory systems) Responsive Classroom

Books list and resources Parent Book Club

Parent Loss

Impact of Economy on families with

Illness with children and families Leukemia with student Possible resources for families Willow House Gilda’s Club U of Chicago, Hospital Companionship Program for children (6 week)

Anorexia and Eating Disorders/ Delicate Cutters Pat Buckley-